Want to know why your car insurance premium has doubled in the past two years? Could the apparently bizarre and wasteful way that car insurers…
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‘It’s all fallen flat’: households earning more than £60,000 on how they are struggling financially
An annual gross income of £74,000 puts Scott, 28, a software engineer from Leicestershire, in the top 10% of earners nationally. But, he says, it…
View More ‘It’s all fallen flat’: households earning more than £60,000 on how they are struggling financiallyUK pay growth slows less than expected as workers bid up wages
Pay growth slowed less than expected in December, prompting predictions the Bank of England could start cutting interest rates later than previously expected. Earnings growth,…
View More UK pay growth slows less than expected as workers bid up wagesBank of England sticks with 5.25% interest rate but hints at coming cut
The Bank of England has dropped the broadest possible hint that the next move in interest rates will be downwards after forecasting inflation will fall…
View More Bank of England sticks with 5.25% interest rate but hints at coming cutBank of England may cut interest rate sooner after surprise inflation forecast
The Bank of England may be forced to bring forward the date of its first interest rate cut after three leading forecasters issued a surprise…
View More Bank of England may cut interest rate sooner after surprise inflation forecastDanone to cut 7% off wholesale price of powdered Aptamil baby formula
The baby milk seller Danone has agreed to cut the wholesale price of its Aptamil infant powdered formula by 7% from Monday after the UK’s…
View More Danone to cut 7% off wholesale price of powdered Aptamil baby formulaPost Office breaks daily cash withdrawal record amid cost of living crisis
More than £62m in cash was withdrawn from Post Office branches on the Friday before Christmas, the most ever in a single day, as people…
View More Post Office breaks daily cash withdrawal record amid cost of living crisisBoxing Day shoppers expected to spend £3.7bn, a big drop on last year
Shoppers are expected to spend £3.7bn this Boxing Day – but that’s 3% less than a year ago as the sales are now overshadowed by…
View More Boxing Day shoppers expected to spend £3.7bn, a big drop on last yearWhat does the surprise drop in UK inflation mean for you?
The UK’s inflation rate fell to 3.9% in November – a larger drop than economists had anticipated. What does the inflation rate mean? The monthly…
View More What does the surprise drop in UK inflation mean for you?UK inflation in unexpectedly steep fall to 3.9% amid lower bread and fuel prices
Britain’s two-year cost of living crisis eased last month as cheaper petrol and less expensive food helped send the annual inflation rate sharply lower to…
View More UK inflation in unexpectedly steep fall to 3.9% amid lower bread and fuel prices